Renewed Threats to European Peace
A DISPATCH from Constantinople, October 6, states: “The majority of the Turkish Ministry advocate the breaking off of diplomatic relations with Greece. The grand Vizer and Ali Pacha oppose the step. There were apprehensions of a rising in Thessaly and Epirus. The insurrection in Candia is spreading.” The Chicago Republican has the following remarks on these difficulties: “The peace of Europe is again threatened with disturbance. News by the last mail is to the effect that Russia is preparing for offensive operations against Turkey, by marching troops toward the Danubian frontier, and that agents of the Czar are recruiting volunteers in Greece for a Turkish campaign. The Government of the Porte is meditating a disruption of diplomatic relations with Greece, and there are apprehensions of insurrection in Thessaly and Epirus. It is also stated that the entente cordiale between France and Prussia is somewhat ruffled, even to the extent of rendering war between those Powers within the range of probabilities. There have been other indications, for some time past, of a gathering storm, more furious and wide-spread than the one whose echoes are even now dying in the distance. If the war between France and Prussia be averted, it will probably be owing to Napoleon’s wholesome dread of the needle gun and of Prussia’s admirable organization, with the unsatisfactory state of the military system of France. Napoleon’s pet project, the great Exposition, would scarcely suffice to preserve peace under different circumstances.